Tagetes subvillosa
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| Species: | T. subvillosa
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| Tagetes subvillosa Lag. 1816
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Tagetes subvillosa is a Mexican species of marigolds in the sunflower family. It has been found only in southern Mexico.[1][2]
Tagetes subvillosa is a branching annual herb up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall. Leaves are pinnately compound up to 6 cm (2.4 inches) long. The plant will produce several flower heads in a flat-topped array, orange , each head containing ray florets surrounding numerous disc florets.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b Rydberg, Per Axel 1913. in Britton, Nathaniel Lord, North American Flora 34: 153
- ^ Tropicos, Tagetes subvillosa Lag.
- ^ Lagasca y Segura, Mariano 1816. Genera et species plantarum 29